Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, Part 1, Volume 2

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946 - Engineering
Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 .

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Page 1835 - That the following sums of money be, and are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named: ***** Sec.
Page 1871 - Act shall be expended on the construction of any project until States, political subdivisions thereof, or other responsible local agencies have given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will (a) provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project...
Page 1597 - California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 1387 - The general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Missouri River Basin approved by the Act of June 28, 1938, as modified by subsequent Acts, is...
Page 2280 - The range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water or, in places having only one tide daily, the range between mean low water and mean high water.
Page 1559 - That the sum of $12,000,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated as an emergency fund to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers...
Page 1321 - Hold and save the United States free from claims for damages due to the construction and maintenance of the Improvement...
Page 1559 - Federal-aid highway appropriations, such sums as may be necessary for the immediate prosecution of the work herein authorized, such appropriations to be reimbursed from the appropriation herein authorized when made...
Page 2057 - All depths refer to mean lower low water. The tidal range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 5.8 feet.
Page 1673 - Establish a competent and properly constituted public body empowered to regulate the use, growth, and free development of...

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